Please Pass the Pasta

 

Almost every culture has cuisine that includes noodles or pasta. They really are staples in life. Get your “noodle” around this international dish.

 

CONNECT:

• Watch how pasta is made at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03XLe4GBLQ
• Pasta is over 5000 years old! Watch is history is a few minutes at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTOCBaDBVGI
• Here’s what noodles and pasta look like in 13 places around the world: https://www.insider.com/noodles-look-like-around-the-world-2018-8
• Examine this online pasta-noodle gallery: https://foodimentary.com/2013/03/11/national-eat-your-noodles-day/

 

CREATE:

• Even toddlers can have fun with pasta, not just playing with their food, at https://www.playideas.com/pasta-play-ideas/
• Learn how to dye pasta and then make the pieces into masterpieces: at https://artfulparent.com/pasta-art-activities-for-kids/
• Create a trivia facts game using the information found at https://www.factsjustforkids.com/food-facts/pasta-facts-for-kids/
• You can make your own pasta from scratch: watch how at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mLFYqDxShE

 

CARE:

• Make pasty super healthy with these nutrient-packed, kid-friendly pasta recipes: https://www.superhealthykids.com/10-nutrient-packed-pasta-recipes/
• It’s good for kids to learn how to prepare food, and they should usually have an adult around. AND it’s just as important to be safe in the kitchen; watch some tips at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVtwhOHLP44
• You have heard that chicken noodle soup is good when you’re ill; learn about its medical magic at https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20181226/the-secret-behind-chicken-soups-medical-magic

 

CAREERS:

When you think of pasta production, you can realize the many careers that are related to pasta: farming, manufacturing, selling, cooking – and more indirectly chemist, nutritionist, restauranteer and interior decorator, food critic, even historian.  There’s even a National Pasta Association: https://ilovepasta.org/